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EARTHDATE: February 19, 2006

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SHIP REGISTRATION

Following on from last week's new feature that allows planet owners to change the prices for which new ships are sold, the next piece of the planet ship code is in place: ship registration.

Normally, all ships sold anywhere in the Galaxy are registered to Panama. Now POs can purchase a ship registration facility of their own, so that any ships bought on their planet will instead be registered to their planet. A ship registration facility costs 5 slithy toves, and the command to get one is 'BUY REGISTRY'. The facility never breaks down or expires - once purchased, it lasts as long as your planet does.

Ships registered to your planet become part of your merchant fleet, and an entry on the planet display will show you the size of the fleet. This is only calculated when the game fires up after reset, so new ships bought on the planet don't get counted right away. Ships belonging to players who have not logged on for a month or more are not counted (however should they later return to the game their ships will once again be included in your merchant fleet).

Having a merchant fleet will boost your economy. The code to make them have this effect won't go in until next weekend, but when it does, the efficiency of the exchange and any factories on the planet will increase by 1% for every 10 ships in the merchant fleet, up to a total of 10%.

As well as the efficiency improvements, there will of course be the cachet of having ships flying around the Galaxy with your planet name on them. How cool is that?


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